Lipstick Container

ABSTRACT

A lipstick container has a magnet and a metal, or two magnets, installed respectively at the inner side of a rotation body and the lower portion of a lipstick holder, to enable a user to easily lower the lipstick holder by a magnetic force without rotating the rotation body until the lipstick holder is lowered up to the end thereof after completely using the lipstick, thereby providing user convenience.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention disclosed herein relates to a lipstick container,which has a magnet and a metal or two magnets installed respectively atthe inside of a rotation body and the lower end of a lipstick holder,such that after completely using the lipstick, it is possible for a userto easily lower the lipstick holder by a magnetic force without rotatingthe rotation body until the lipstick holder is lowered up to the endthereof. Therefore, the present invention can provide user convenience.

Generally, a solid lipstick is configured to rotate a rotation bodyinstalled at a lower portion of the container after opening the coverthereof, and to lift up/lower a solid stick to the outside of thecontainer. For example, when using a lipstick, firstly a user opens thecover of a container, exposes the stick to the outside by rotating arotation body thereof, and then lowers the stick to be received into thecontainer after using.

“A liquid lipstick container” configured as the above is disclosed inFIG. 1 of the registered utility model patent no. 20-0241614 (hereaftercalled as the registered utility model).

The registered utility model is configured in a way that a lipstick (2)is fitted into a lipstick holder (3), and a lipstick holder (3) iscoupled to a rotation tube (5) as a fixing protrusion (4) of thelipstick holder (3) is being fitted into a spiral groove (6) formed atan interior of the rotation tube (5). A guide tube (7) is insertedbetween the lipstick holder (3) and the rotation tube (5), and thenfitted into the rotation tube (5) by a ring-shaped protrusion (9).Meanwhile, the fixing protrusion (4) of the lipstick holder (3) isdisposed inside the guide tube (7) and at the spiral groove (6) at thesame time.

The registered utility model further has a structure wherein the fixingprotrusion (4) fitted between the spiral grove (6) and the guide groove(8) ascends when the rotation tube (5) is rotated while holding a guidetube (7) with a hand, and thereby the lipstick (2) fitted to thelipstick holder (3) ascends together, such that it is possible to applythe lipstick onto lips. After completing applying the lipstick, therotation tube (5) should be rotated and then continue to be rotateduntil the lipstick holder (3) descends up to the end in order to rotatethe rotation tube (5) and lower the lipstick holder (3); therefore,there arises a problem of user's inconvenience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is devised to solve the problems above, and itsgoal is to provide a lipstick container, which has a magnet and a metalor two magnets installed respectively at the inside of a rotation bodyand the lower end of a lipstick holder, such that after completely usingthe lipstick, it is possible for a user to easily lower the lipstickholder by a magnetic force without rotating the rotation body until thelipstick holder is lowered up to the end thereof. Therefore, the presentinvention can provide user convenience.

To solve such problems described in the above, a lipstick containeraccording to the present invention comprises a lipstick holder coupledwith a lipstick and supporting the lipstick, and a rotation bodydisposed at a lower portion of the lipstick holder andascending/descending the lipstick holder by rotation thereof.

The lipstick container is configured to have a first magnet and a secondmagnet installed respectively at an inner side of the rotation body anda lower portion of the lipstick holder. It is characterized that thelipstick holder is configured to descend by a magnet force from themoment when the attraction force between the first magnet and the secondmagnet starts to act in a process that the lipstick holder is descendingby rotation of the rotation body.

Furthermore, it is characterized that a first insertion groove where thefirst magnet is inserted is installed at an upper portion of therotation body, and a second insertion groove where the second magnet isinserted is installed at a lower portion of the lipstick holder.

Furthermore, a lipstick container comprises a lipstick holder which iscoupled with a lipstick and supports the lipstick, and a rotation bodywhich is disposed at a lower portion of the lipstick holder andascends/descends the lipstick holder by rotation thereof.

The lipstick container comprises a magnet which is installed at one ofeither an interior of the rotation body or a lower portion of thelipstick holder and a metal which is installed at the other of either,wherein, in a process that the lipstick holder is descending by rotatingthe rotation body, the lipstick holder is configured to be descended bya magnetic force from the moment when an magnetic attraction force ofthe metal starts to act.

Furthermore, it is characterized that a first insertion groove having amagnet or a metal inserted is provided at an upper portion of therotation body, and a second insertion groove having a magnet or a metalinserted is provided at an upper portion of the rotation body.

As described above, the present invention has an advantage wherein alipstick container, which has a magnet and a metal or two magnetsinstalled respectively at the inside of a rotation body and the lowerend part of a lipstick holder, such that after completely using thelipstick, it is possible for a user to easily lower the lipstick holderby a magnetic force without rotating the rotation body until thelipstick holder is lowered up to the end thereof. Therefore, the presentinvention can provide user convenience.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a configuration of alipstick container according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of a lipstickcontainer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating an state where a first magnet is coupledto a rotation body of a lipstick container according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a state where a second magnet is coupledto a lipstick holder of a lipstick container according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 5 to 7 are views illustrating an operational process of a lipstickcontainer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Thesame reference numerals provided in the drawings indicate the samemembers.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a configuration of alipstick container according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention. FIG. 2 a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration ofa lipstick container according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating an state where a first magnet is coupledto a rotation body of a lipstick container according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a view illustrating astate where a second magnet is coupled to a lipstick holder of alipstick container according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, a lipstick container according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a rotation body100 which is disposed at a lower portion of a lipstick holder 300 andascends/descends the lipstick holder 300 by rotation; a guide tube 400wherein a spiral groove 410 is formed such that a guide protrusion 310of the lipstick holder 300 can be guided; a rotation tube 200 which isdisposed at an interior of the guide tube 400 and equips a verticalguide groove 210 where a guide protrusion 310 of the lipstick holder 300is guided vertically in a upward and downward direction; a lipstickholder 300, where a lipstick (L) is mounted, including a guideprotrusion 310 disposed at the vertical guide groove 210 of the rotationtube 200 and the spiral groove 410 of the guide tube 400; a lipstickreceiving tube 500, coupled encasing the guide tube 400, where thelipstick (L) is inserted and withdrawn when a user rotates the rotationbody 100 while gripping; and over cap 600 which encases the lipstickreceiving tube 500 and is coupled detachably to the rotation body 100.The structure combinating the rotation body 100, the rotation tube 200,the lipstick holder 300, the guide tube 400, the lipstick receiving tube500 and the over cap 600 is a prior art which the present inventionbelongs to; therefore, detailed description will be omitted. Hereafter,the structure that the lipstick holder 300 descends according to arotation of the rotation body 100 will be described.

In the present invention, it is characterized that a first magnet 120 isprovided at an inner side surface of the rotation body 100 such that thelipstick holder 300 can be lowered by a magnetic force, and a firstinsertion groove 110, where a first magnet 120 is inserted, is formedtherein such that the first magnet 120 is able to be fixed firmly.

The first magnet 120 lowers a lipstick holder 300 by an attraction forcewith a second magnet 330 which is formed at a lower portion of thelipstick holder 300 in a process when a guide protrusion 310 of thelipstick holder 300 descends along a vertical guide groove 210 and aspiral groove 410 by rotation of the rotation body. An attraction forcebetween the first magnet 120 and the second magnet 330 does not act dueto the separated distance thereof when the lipstick holder is placed ata top dead point, and then the lipstick holder 300 descends by amagnetic force from the moment the attraction force between the firstmagnet 120 and the second magnet 330 acts after the lipstick holder 300descends to the predetermined distance by rotation of the rotation body100. Due to this, only until the moment when the attraction forcebetween the first magnet 120 and the second magnet 330, when rotatingthe rotation body 100, the rotation body 100 rotates automatically andthereby the lipstick holder 300 descends as the second magnet 330 movesto a direction of the first magnet 120 by a magnetic force. Therefore, auser does not need to keep rotating the rotation body 100 in order tolower the lipstick holder 300 to the end, which brings user convenience.

Meanwhile, the lipstick holder 300, which is coupled with a lipstick (L)and supports the lipstick (L), comprises a pair of guide protrusions 310at both of an outer circumferential surface thereof which moves along avertical groove 210 of a rotation tube 200 and a spiral groove 410 of aguide tube 400. The present invention has a feature in that a secondmagnet 330 is installed at a lower portion of the lipstick holder 300and is possible to descend by a magnetic force. A second insertiongroove 320 where the second magnet 330 is inserted is formed thereinsuch that the second magnet 330 can be fixed firmly.

The second magnet 330 rotates the rotation body 100 and lowers thelipstick holder 300 by an attraction force with the first magnet 120inserted to a first insertion groove 110 of the rotation body 100 whilea guide protrusion 310 of the lipstick holder 300 is descending along avertical guide groove 210 and a spiral groove 410.

Meanwhile, in the above, it was described that a first magnet 120 and asecond magnet 330 are inserted respectively into a first insertiongroove 110 and a second insertion groove 320, and thereby a lipstickholder 300 descends by an attraction force between the first magnet 120and the second magnet 330. However, it is also possible that a magnet isinserted into one of either the first insertion groove 110 or the secondinsertion groove 320 and a metal is inserted into the other to rotate arotation body 100, such that the lipstick holder 300 can be lowered by amagnetic force from the moment when an magnetic force starts to act tothe metal while the lipstick holder 300 is descending.

Hereinafter, referring FIGS. 5 to 7, an operational process of alipstick container according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention will be explained.

Referring to FIGS. 5 to 7, firstly, when a rotation body 100 is rotatedto one side direction while a lipstick receiving tube 500 is grippedwith one hand, a guide protrusion 310 ascends along a vertical guidegroove 210 and a spiral groove 410, and due to this, the lipstick (L) isexposed to the outside and will be ready to be used. At this moment, afirst magnet 120 and a second magnet 330 stay separated each other.

Next, when the rotation body 100 is rotated to the other side direction,the guide protrusion 310 of the lipstick holder 300 descends along thevertical guide groove 210 and the spiral groove 410. Due to this, thelipstick (L) gets inserted to the interior of the lipstick receivingtube 500. When the lipstick holder 300 descends in a predetermineddistance while descending, an attraction force arises between the firstmagnet 120 and the second magnet 330 as the distance between the firstmagnet 120 and the second magnet 330 gets narrower, and thereby thelipstick holder 300 gets to descend by a magnetic force of the firstmagnet 120 and the second magnetic force 330.

In the present invention, without keeping rotating the rotation body 100in order to lowering the lipstick holder 300 to the end, if the rotationbody 100 is rotated only until the point when the attraction forcebetween the first magnet 120 and the second magnet 330 acts, thelipstick holder 300 descends automatically by a magnetic force of thefirst magnet 120 and the second magnet 330. Therefore, a user can easilyinsert the lipstick (L) into the lipstick receiving tube 500. Inaddition, it is possible to fundamentally prevent a breakage e.g. crushof the lipstick (L) which may be caused by coupling an over cap 600 tothe rotation body 100 without descending the lipstick holder 300 to theend.

1. A lipstick container comprising: a lipstick holder coupled with alipstick and supporting the lipstick; and a rotation body disposed at alower portion of the lipstick holder and ascending/descending thelipstick holder by rotation thereof, wherein a first magnet and a secondmagnet are installed respectively at an inner side of the rotation bodyand at a lower portion of the lipstick holder, wherein, while thelipstick holder is descending, the lipstick holder descends by amagnetic force from the moment when an attraction force between thefirst magnet and the second magnet acts.
 2. The lipstick container ofclaim 1, wherein a first insertion groove in which the first magnet isinserted is formed at an upper portion of the rotation body, and asecond insertion groove in which the second magnet is inserted is formedat a lower portion of the lipstick holder.
 3. The lipstick holdercoupled with a lipstick and supporting the lipstick; and a rotation bodydisposed at a lower portion of the lipstick holder andascending/descending the lipstick holder by rotation thereof, wherein amagnet is installed at one of either the inner side of the rotation bodyor the lower portion of the lipstick holder, and a metal is installed atthe other of either, wherein, while the lipstick holder is descending,the lipstick holder descends by a magnetic force from the moment when anattraction force between the magnet and the metal acts.
 4. The lipstickcontainer of claim 3, wherein a first insertion groove in which a magnetor a metal is inserted is formed at an upper portion of the rotationbody, and a second insertion groove in which the magnet or the metal isinserted is formed at a lower portion of the lipstick holder.